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HIPPIE FRIEND
Who’s this geezer, then?
HIPPIE
Some shirt-lifter from Birmingh’m.
Hisses from the audience, followed by a few shouts.
AUDIENCE
Get the fuck off! Cut the shite! Bugger off, you woofter!
Translation:
geezer: In the States geezer means an old man, perhaps odd but harmless, while in Britain the meaning is similar but more contemptuous. Interestingly the word originates in the word disguise. In the Middle Ages, a guiser was a mummer or masquerader, so the word is perfect to describe someone who is in 'costume' like Brian. of course I doubt that "HIPPIE FRIEND" is that erudite about his etymology. ;-)
shirt-lifter: homosexual
shite: the more polite sounding British 'shit'
bugger off: since bugger is to sodomize, it's roughly translated "go away you homosexual!"
the ever popular woofter, and yes how did you guess, another derogatory term for a homosexual.
Who’s this geezer, then?
Some shirt-lifter from Birmingh’m.
Hisses from the audience, followed by a few shouts.
Get the fuck off! Cut the shite! Bugger off, you woofter!
Translation:
geezer: In the States geezer means an old man, perhaps odd but harmless, while in Britain the meaning is similar but more contemptuous. Interestingly the word originates in the word disguise. In the Middle Ages, a guiser was a mummer or masquerader, so the word is perfect to describe someone who is in 'costume' like Brian. of course I doubt that "HIPPIE FRIEND" is that erudite about his etymology. ;-)
shirt-lifter: homosexual
shite: the more polite sounding British 'shit'
bugger off: since bugger is to sodomize, it's roughly translated "go away you homosexual!"
the ever popular woofter, and yes how did you guess, another derogatory term for a homosexual.
